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Table 1 Socio-demographic data

From: Anthroposophic medical therapy in chronic disease: a four-year prospective cohort study

  

Study patients

German primary care patients

Items

 

N

Percent

Percent

Source

Female gender

 

169/233

73%

53%

[45]

Age groups

0–19 years

54/233

23%

14%

[45]

 

20–39 years

73/233

31%

27%

[45]

 

40–59 years

87/233

37%

27%

[45]

 

60–75 years

19/233

8%

21%

[45]

  

Adult study patients enrolled after 1. Jan 1999

German population

"Fachhochschule" or university entrance qualification

 

69/157

44%

19%

[46]

University degree

 

32/156

21%

6%

[46]

Wage earners

 

7/157

4%

18%

[46]

Unemployed during last 12 months

Economically active patients

7/91

8%

10%

[46]

Living alone

 

25/154

16%

21%

[46]

Net family income < 900 € per month

 

15/136

11%

16%

[46]

Alcohol use daily (EYT) vs. almost daily (Germany)

Male

4/32

13%

28%

[47]

 

Female

3/125

2%

11%

 

Regular smoking

Male

14/32

44%

37%

[48]

 

Female

18/124

15%

28%

 

Sports activity ≥ 1 hour weekly

Age 25–69

71/141

50%

39%

[49]

Body mass index < 18.5 (low)

Male

0/32

0%

1%

[50]

 

Female

6/124

5%

4%

 

Body mass index ≥ 25 (overweight)

Male

9/32

28%

56%

[50]

 

Female

32/124

26%

39%

 

Permanent work disability pension

 

9/157

6%

3%

[51]

Severe disability status

 

8/157

5%

12%

[52]

Sick leave days in the last 12 months, mean (SD)

Economically active patients

22.4 (44.8) days

17.0 days

[53]